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Carbon Isotope and Ring Width Measurements from Tree Rings of Selected Canopy Species at Six Sites in the Eastern United States
Forest Water Use Efficiency (WUE) is defined as the ratio of carbon uptake per unit water vapor loss via transpiration. Micrometeorological measurements suggest that forest WUE has dramatically increased over the last two decades, in excess of what would be expected from increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Coinciding with observed trends in forest WUE have been marked decreases in acid deposition throughout much of North America and Europe. There is evidence that acid deposition may impact forest WUE, either by altering the availability of nutrients in forest soils or by directly affecting foliar physiology. Changes in WUE could also lead to changes in stream discharge from forested catchments. The hypothesized response of forests to changing levels of acid deposition is not currently considered in the land surface components of global climate models (GCMs). Since carbon dioxide and water vapor are the two most important greenhouse gases, it is vital to accurately model their land-atmosphere exchange. This research uses a catchment-based approach to investigate the effects of changing acid deposition on forest WUE. Tree ring carbon isotopes reconstruct historical WUE time series within six catchments that have been differentially impacted by acid deposition due to distinctions between their underlying bedrock mineralogy and geological histories. The research also capitalizes on experimental treatments that have altered soil biogeochemistry in paired catchment designs (Bear Brook, ME; Hubbard Brook, NH; and Fernow Experimental Forest, WV). Additional watersheds that vary in underlying bedrock chemistry are also used in this research to examine tree-ring WUE time series as natural experiments along a base-cation gradient. These watersheds include Sleepers River, VT; Hubbard Brook, NH; Cone Pond Watershed, NH; and Shenandoah National Park, VA.
White Cedar Ring Width Data from Michigan Upper Peninsula, 1869-2022
This project used tree cores to reconstruct growth over time and correlate that with climate variables including maximum monthly temperature, monthly precipitation, and vapor pressure deficit.
Tree ring width chronologies of four Pinaceae species in boreal forests in Yakutia in 2018
<p>Tree cores and discs were collected during fieldwork in Yakutia in 2018 by scientists from Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research and University of Potsdam, Germany, The Institute for Biological problems of the Cryolithozone, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian branch, and The Institute of Natural Sciences, North-Eastern Federal University of Yakutsk, Yakutsk, Russia (Kruse et al., 2019). The samples were dried, sanded, digitized and further processed by identifying the ring layers end exporting the tree ring width for each year. The site chronologies were established by cross-dating all samples to each other, which helped coping with small ring sizes but especially with missing rings, and frost rings.<br> We processed samples of four species, <em>Larix gmelinii </em>(LAGM), <em>Picea obovata </em>(PIOB), <em>Pinus sylvestris </em>(PISY) and <em>Pinus sibirica </em>(PISI). These were recorded at a variety of locations:</p> <ul> <li>LAGM from Lake Khamra sites EN18079, -80, -81, -83 (N59.974919° E112.958985°, N59.977106° E112.961379°, N59.970583° E112.987096°, N59.974714° E113.002874°)</li> <li>PIOB from Lake Khamra sites EN18079, -81, -83 (59.974919° E112.958985°, 59.970583° E112.987096°, 59.974714° E113.002874°)</li> <li>PISI from Lake Khamra site EN18080 (N59.977106° E112.961379°)</li> <li>PISY from different sites between EN18061 (N62.076376° E129.618586°) and EN18077 (N61.892568° E114.288623°)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Data format</strong><br> The data consists of one file in dendrochronological TUCSON format without header for each of the four tree species.</p> <p><strong>Additional information</strong><br> This data is linked to further information about individual trees and their sites as published in: van Geffen, Femke; Schulte, Luise; Geng, Rongwei; Heim, Birgit; Pestryakova, Luidmila A; Herzschuh, Ulrike; Kruse, Stefan (2021): Tree height and crown diameter during fieldwork expeditions that took place in 2018 in Central Yakutia and Chukotka, Siberia. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.932817<br> and an extension to: Shevtsova, Iuliia; Kruse, Stefan; Herzschuh, Ulrike; Brieger, Frederic; Schulte, Luise; Stuenzi, Simone Maria; Pestryakova, Luidmila A; Zakharov, Evgenii S (2020): Individual tree and tall shrub partial above-ground biomass of central Chukotka in 2018. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.923784<br> Information about the expedition in 2018 in: Kruse, Stefan; Bolshiyanov, Dimitry Yu; Grigoriev, Mikhail N; Morgenstern, Anne; Pestryakova, Ludmila A; Tsibizov, Leonid; Udke, Annegret (2019): Russian-German Cooperation: Expeditions to Siberia in 2018. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on Polar and Marine Research, 734, 257 pp, https://doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0734_2019</p> <p> </p>
Kuskokwim River Floodplain: White Spruce (Picea glauca) annual tree-ring width measurements (mm) at breast height from tree-core samples taken above Red Devil on the Kuskokwim River in July, 2007
This dataset contains annual raw ring width measurements in the Tucsan (decadal format) (.rwl file extension) of 14 large white spruce trees growing within 50m of the Kuskokwim River. Ring-widths were measured to 0.001mm on a velmex laser micrometer and accuracy was checked by crossdating using COFECHA. Annual values were measured from 1779-2006.
Tree-ring width measurements and isotope data for riparian Populus species, Santa Clara River, 2019
This data set comprises tree-ring data collected from 114 cottonwood trees (Populus trichocarpa and Populus fremontii) within the floodplain of the Santa Clara River, CA. Tree-ring data include annual ring width measurements for all rings of each individual as well as semi-annual (earlywood and latewood) measurements of stable carbon and oxygen isotopes for pure alpha cellulose extracted from annual growth rings corresponding to calendar years 2010-2019 for a subset of 48 individuals. This data set is completed. Carbon and oxygen isotope ratios are reported using “delta” notation (i.e. δ13C and δ18O) calculated by the equation: δ13C (or δ18O) = (Rsample/Rstandard - 1) x1000 where R is the molar ratio of 13C/12C (or 18O/16O), with Rsample being that of tree ring cellulose and Rstandard that of Vienna Pee Dee Belemite (VPDB) for δ13C and Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water (VSMOW) for δ18O. These data were used for the following publication: Williams, J., J.C. Stella, S.L. Voelker, A.M. Lambert, L. Pelletier, J.E. Drake, J.M. Friedman, D.A. Roberts, M.B. Singer. (2022). Local groundwater decline exacerbates response of dryland riparian woodlands to climatic drought. Global Change Biology.
Tree ring width data for trees adjacent to the BBC collapse scar
This data set contains ring width data for trees adjacent to the BBC collapse scar. We used dendrochronology to link paleoecological data with modern observations of the response of this system to fire. Tree ring analysis provides a record of the response of the black spruce trees to changing climate and ongoing thermokarst, allowing for speculation about the response of this landscape to future climate change. We harvested twenty-one fire-killed tree cross-sections from the margin of the collapse and in the surrounding burn in the growing season of 2004. We measured ring width (sliding stage, Velmex Inc., Bloomfield, NY, USA, resolution: 0.001mm) for two radial transects of the tree cross-sections. To remove the age-related variation in growth rate, we crossdated trees with Cofecha and standardized ring-widths with the program ARSTAN (Richard Holmes, Laboratory of Tree Ring Research, University of Arizona). We recorded the presence of compression-wood for each tree ring, an indicator of leaning which is interpreted to be related to frost-heaving and permafrost collapse (Camill and Clark, 1998). This data set includes temperature and precipitation data from a composite of climate data from the University Experiment Station (1906-1947) and Fairbanks International Airport (1948-2000) (Wilmking et al., 2004).
Standardized ring-width chronologies of thinleaf alder growth along the Tanana River floodplains spanning 1968-2006.
This dataset contains landscape level and site level standardized ring-width chronologies (1968-2006) of thinleaf alder growth along the Tanana River floodplains. The raw tree ring-width series from each alder disk was individually detrended to remove age-related growth trends. The chronologies represent the high-frequency variation in ring-width to be analyzed at the inter-annual time scale.
Tree ring widths from 1974-2003 for approximately 10 trees/site for 82 sites located in the 2004 burns off the Steese, Taylor, and Dalton Highways, and for the 2005 burn near Eagle Plains, Yukon.
This dataset contains annual raw ring width measurements from 1975-2003 for 793 black spruce trees in 84 sites. Ring widths were measured using WinDendro (resolution 0.001 mm) on two radii per stem disk collected 1.3 m along stem. Data is the average of the two radii measurments in each year for each tree. Accuracy of ring width dates were checked by crossdating using COFECHA.
Total tree ring widths, earlywood ring widths, latewood ring widths, and stable carbon isotope composition of tree rings from 1979-2003 for 18 trees (3 trees/site for 6 sites) located in the 2004 burn along the Steese Highway.
This dataset contains annual raw ring width measurements, earlywood width, latewood width, and annual stable carbon isotope composition from 1979-2003 for 18 trees. A total of 6 sites were sampled. Ring widths were measured using WinDendro (resolution 0.001 mm) on two radii per stem disk collected 1.3 m along stem. Data is the average of the two radii measurments in each year for each tree. Accuracy of ring width dates were checked by crossdating using COFECHA. We manually separated annual rings from the outer twenty-five years
Tree-ring width chronologies of subfossil oak from Seda River, Latvia
<p>The dataset includes six mean curves/chronologies of subfossil oak from Seda River, northern Latvia. Series No. 1-5 were radiocarbon dated and the chronology No. 6 was absolute dated against chronologies from the Baltic region or Baltic timber imported to the Western Europe.</p>
Tree ring widths of trembling aspen and black spruce that regenerated after the 1994 Hajdukovich Creek burn
This dataset contains the average annual ring widths of trembling aspen and black spruce regenerating in low and high fire severity sites within the 1994 Hajdukovich Creek burn. 12 pre-established sites were used, 6 from both low and high fire severity. Sites were sampled in 2014, 20 years after the fire.
Standardized ring-width chronologies for white and black spruce at three sites in the southern Brooks Range, Alaska
Although black spruce is the dominant treeline species in the eastern boreal forest, its distribution stops several kilometers short of treeline in the Brooks Range in Alaska, and white spruce is the dominant treeline species. The explanation for this distribution is not known, but two hypotheses are plausible. First, black spruce may be less tolerant of climatic conditions near treeline than white spruce. Second, black spruce may be unable to regenerate successfully near treeline due to long intervals between fires. We are establishing permanently marked study plots along a transect from the Yukon River basin, where black spruce is the dominant species, to the foothills of the Brooks Range, where it reaches its distributional limit. We are reconstructing recruitment history of both black and white spruce at our study sites, and are reconstructing recent fire history from analysis of fire scars and stand age structures. These data are being used to parameterize matrix population models, with which we are describing patterns of population stability.
Tree Ring Widths for Loblolly Pine in the Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge
Width of tree rings were measured on 25 Loblolly Pine trees in the Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife refuge (37.125153-deg N, 75.965134-deg W.) to the nearest 0.001 mm.
Ring Width Index (RWI) and Standard Precipitation Index (SPI) data for Atmospheric River reconstruction
<p>These are the two datasets used for reconstructing atmospheric river activity along the U.S. west coast (under review at the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmosphere). The first file rwi.mat contains the ring-width-index for the chronologies used to develop the second dataset (SPI_recon.nc). This file is used as the covariate to develop the AR reconstructions (with Poisson regression) and goes back to 1400 CE. </p>
Douglas-fir ring width data for reconstructing past periods of western spruce budworm outbreak
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Late Holocene Tree Ring Widths, Hudson Valley: Level 1
Reconstruction of pre-instrumental, late Holocene climate is important for understanding how climate has changed in the past and how climate might change in the future. Statistical prediction of paleoclimate from tree ring widths is challenging because tree ring widths are a one dimensional summary that represents a multi-dimensional set of climate and biotic influences. We develop a Bayesian hierarchical framework using a non-linear, biologically motivated tree ring growth model to jointly reconstruct temperature and precipitation in the Hudson Valley, New York. Using a common growth function to describe the response of a tree to climate, we allow for species-specific parameterizations of the growth response. To enable predictive backcasts, we model the climate variables with a vector auto-regressive process on an annual time scale coupled with a multivariate conditional auto-regressive process that accounts for temporal correlation and cross-correlation between temperature and precipitation within years. Our multi-scale temporal model allows for flexibility in the climate response through time at different temporal scales and predicts reasonable climate scenarios given tree ring width. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants #DEB-1241874, 1241868, 1241870, 1241851, 1241891, 1241846, 1241856, 1241930.
Data from: EuMIXFOR empirical forest mensuration and ring width data from pure and mixed stands of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) through Europe
This data set provides unique empirical data from triplets of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) across Europe. Dendrometric variables are provided for 32 triplets, 96 plots, 7555 trees and 4695 core samples. These data contribute to our understanding of mixed stand dynamics.
Data from: Towards a common methodology for developing logistic tree mortality models based on ring-width data
Tree mortality is a key process shaping forest dynamics. Thus, there is a growing need for indicators of the likelihood of tree death. During the last decades, an increasing number of tree-ring based studies have aimed to derive growth–mortality functions, mostly using logistic models. The results of these studies, however, are difficult to compare and synthesize due to the diversity of approaches used for the sampling strategy (number and characteristics of alive and death observations), the type of explanatory growth variables included (level, trend, etc.), and the length of the time window (number of years preceding the alive/death observation) that maximized the discrimination ability of each growth variable. We assess the implications of key methodological decisions when developing tree-ring based growth–mortality relationships using logistic mixed-effects regression models. As examples, we use published tree-ring datasets from Abies alba (13 different sites), Nothofagus dombeyi (one site), and Quercus petraea (one site). Our approach is based on a constant sampling size and aims at (1) assessing the dependency of growth–mortality relationships on the statistical sampling scheme used, (2) determining the type of explanatory growth variables that should be considered, and (3) identifying the best length of the time window used to calculate them. The performance of tree-ring-based mortality models was reasonably high for all three species (area under the receiving operator characteristics curve, AUC > 0.7). Growth level variables were the most important predictors of mortality probability for two species (A. alba, N. dombeyi), while growth-trend variables need to be considered for Q. petraea. In addition, the length of the time window used to calculate each growth variable was highly uncertain and depended on the sampling scheme, as some growth–mortality relationships varied with tree age. The present study accounts for the main sampling-related biases to determine reliable species-specific growth–mortality relationships. Our results highlight the importance of using a sampling strategy that is consistent with the research question. Moving towards a common methodology for developing reliable growth–mortality relationships is an important step towards improving our understanding of tree mortality across species and its representation in dynamic vegetation models.
Distribution. Angola, DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. Description. Head-body 46:5-47-8 cm (males), 44-45-5 cm (females), tail 40-43 cm (males), 38-39 cm (females), hindfoot 8:7-9-8 cm (males), 8-9 cm (females), ear 4-7-5-4 cm (males), 5-1-5-8 cm (females); weight 1-3-2 kg. The coat color is pale ocher, with brownish or grayish tones; melanistic individuals are quite common. The throat and chest are blackish, and the ventral pelage varies from creamy white to dirty white. The stripes and spots on the body vary from different hues of brown to black. The nuchal stripes run as two parallel lines from the nape to the shoulders, where they diverge and enlarge towards the elbows; they are not so conspicuously marked as in other genet species. Below them, a pair of thinner stripes and small spots are scattered on the shoulders and sides of the neck. A third pair of thinner, parallel stripes runs down the neck between the nuchal stripes, extending to about one fourth of the mid-dorsal line, where they vanish or diverge as the first row of flank spots. The black mid-dorsal line is continuous and is flanked on each side by four rows of oblong to squared spots, and by a few small-scattered spots below. There is a dorsal erectile crest. The face has a dark mask and a pair of white sub-ocular spots. The tail has seven to nine black rings, alternating with pale rings; the intervening white spaces are pigmented with a brownish tinge on the dorsal midline. The width of the pale rings relative to the dark rings in the middle of the tail is 50-75%; the tip of the tail is dark. The hindlimbs and forelimbs are black; there are white hairs on the metacarpals and metatarsals. [he posterior parts of the feet are dark. There are two pairs of teats. The posterior chamber of the auditory bulla is not ventrally inflated and has a continuous curve line on the external side. The ratio between the inter-orbital constriction and frontal width is 1-00 + 0-12. Dental formula: 13/3, C1/1,P 4/4, M 2/2 = 40. in Viverridae
Distribution. Angola, DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. Description. Head-body 46:5-47-8 cm (males), 44-45-5 cm (females), tail 40-43 cm (males), 38-39 cm (females), hindfoot 8:7-9-8 cm (males), 8-9 cm (females), ear 4-7-5-4 cm (males), 5-1-5-8 cm (females); weight 1-3-2 kg. The coat color is pale ocher, with brownish or grayish tones; melanistic individuals are quite common. The throat and chest are blackish, and the ventral pelage varies from creamy white to dirty white. The stripes and spots on the body vary from different hues of brown to black. The nuchal stripes run as two parallel lines from the nape to the shoulders, where they diverge and enlarge towards the elbows; they are not so conspicuously marked as in other genet species. Below them, a pair of thinner stripes and small spots are scattered on the shoulders and sides of the neck. A third pair of thinner, parallel stripes runs down the neck between the nuchal stripes, extending to about one fourth of the mid-dorsal line, where they vanish or diverge as the first row of flank spots. The black mid-dorsal line is continuous and is flanked on each side by four rows of oblong to squared spots, and by a few small-scattered spots below. There is a dorsal erectile crest. The face has a dark mask and a pair of white sub-ocular spots. The tail has seven to nine black rings, alternating with pale rings; the intervening white spaces are pigmented with a brownish tinge on the dorsal midline. The width of the pale rings relative to the dark rings in the middle of the tail is 50-75%; the tip of the tail is dark. The hindlimbs and forelimbs are black; there are white hairs on the metacarpals and metatarsals. [he posterior parts of the feet are dark. There are two pairs of teats. The posterior chamber of the auditory bulla is not ventrally inflated and has a continuous curve line on the external side. The ratio between the inter-orbital constriction and frontal width is 1-00 + 0-12. Dental formula: 13/3, C1/1,P 4/4, M 2/2 = 40.
Data from: Towards a common methodology for developing logistic tree mortality models based on ring-width data
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